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Sophomore Jacob Yosowitz anchors Northside 4x800m Relay to SECOND place at the Indoor City Championships!! McManus, Soto, Hu, and Yosowitz earn MEDALS

Posted by Jon Gordon on Mar 19 2016 at 05:00PM PDT

 In the 4x800m Relay, Northside Junior Brian McManus ran 200m splits of 30, 33 (63 400m), 34 (1:37 600m), and then ran the final 200m in 35 seconds for a personal best 800m split of 2:12.74, and made a nice exchange to Sergio Soto. Brian McManus dropped 4.65 seconds (2:17.39) off his best time with an impressive 800m split of 2:12.74. Northside Junior Sergio Soto received the baton in fourth place, and went to work right away by moving Northside into third place with 200m splits of 31, 33 (64 400m), 36 (1:40 600m), and then ran the final 200m in 35 seconds for an outstanding 800m split of 2:15.91, and made a good exchange to Troy Hu. Sergio Soto dropped 3.09 seconds (2:19.00) off his season best time with an outstanding 800m split of 2:15.91. Northside Senior Troy Hu ran 200m splits of 31, 33 (64 400m), 36 (1:40 600m), and then ran the final 200m in an EVEN split of 36 seconds for a good 800m split of 2:16.51, and made a perfect exchange to Jacob Yosowitz. Troy Hu dropped 5.13 seconds (2:21.64) off his season best time with an outstanding 800m split of 2:16.51. Northside Sophomore Jacob Yosowitz received the baton in fourth place, and immediately past Taft, and then went to work on Mather with impressive 200m splits of 28, 32 (60 400m), 35 (1:35 600m), and 40 seconds to anchor the Chicago Northside Mustangs to SECOND place with a personal best 800m split 2:15.14 for an official time of 9:00.45. Jacob Yosowitz dropped 10.70 seconds (2:25.84) off his best time with an impressive 800m split of 2:15.14 to move the Chicago Northside Mustangs from fourth place to the MEDAL STAND by passing Taft and Mather for an outstanding second place finish at the Indoor City Championships!

 A week prior to the meet, Yosowitz earned a Pineapple in practice by running 9x300m in 44 seconds. After the workout, the Northside Coaching staff told him he would drop ten seconds at the Indoor City Championships. Yosowitz ran a pure guts race as anchor, and dropped ten seconds as promised off his best 800m time to secure vital points for the Mustangs.

 Brian McManus, Sergio Soto, Troy Hu, and Jacob Yosowitz were awarded SILVER MEDALS for finishing in SECOND place at the Indoor City Championships.

 Mather finished in third place with an official time of 9:07.42. Taft finished in fourth place with an official time of 9:10.11. Prosser finished in fifth place with an official time of 9:29.96. Hubbard finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 9:34.92.

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